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Jillian Pikora

Assistant Managing Editor

jpikora@dailyvoice.com

Jillian is an editor and reporter based out of Pennsylvania's capital city of Harrisburg. She has a degree in Political Science and is a former political campaign manager. Over the past decade, she has worked as a staff reporter and freelance writer at Sisters Magazine, The Tempest, Huffington Post, CairoScene, and several other outlets. Prior to joining Daily Voice, Jillian worked as a digital news editor at Hearst's local NBC affiliate, WGAL News 8. She currently manages and reports stories in Pennsylvania for Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire
PA Church Youth Leader Accused Of Molesting Child At McDonald’s: Affidavit PA Church Youth Leader Accused Of Molesting Child At McDonald’s: Affidavit
PA Church Youth Leader Accused Of Molesting Child At McDonald’s: Affidavit A 76-year-old church volunteer took three youth group members shopping and to lunch at McDonald's and ended up with police storming his home, as detailed in court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  Roy Andrews of the 4900 block Raudabaugh Road in Mechanicsburg was the youth leader for a Hispanic church in Harrisburg called “Iglesia La Fuenta” from 2014 through 2022, the police explained in a release. When attendance at the church declined, Andrews began volunteering his Sundays to drive children to a sister church in Mechanicsburg, according to the affidavit of probable cause.&nbs…

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250+ Grams of Meth, 14 Grams Of Coke, 67 Clonazepam Pills, Guns Found In Central PA Home: DA 250+ Grams of Meth, 14 Grams Of Coke, 67 Clonazepam Pills, Guns Found In Central PA Home: DA
250+ Grams of Meth, 14 Grams Of Coke, 67 Clonazepam Pills, Guns Found In Central PA Home: DA A massive drug bust was made after a man was recorded selling an undercover officer methamphetamine, the Lancaster County District Attorney's office announced on Tuesday, April 23. Chene Karma Skowronek, 44 of the 2100 block of Kramer Mill Road in Stevens, East Cocalico Township has been under investigation by the Lancaster County Drug Task Force since he first sold methamphetamine to an undercover member in Dec. 2023, as detailed in DA's release.   Since that then, Skowronek "made multiple undercover/confidential informant purchases using pre-recorded money from the defendan…

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Obituaries
Dirt Biking Dad Killed In Central Pennsylvania Crash: Officials Dirt Biking Dad Killed In Central Pennsylvania Crash: Officials
Dirt Biking Dad Killed In Central Pennsylvania Crash: Officials A 29-year-old husband and father of an infant died at the scene of a dirt bike crash in Central Pennsylvania on Sunday, officials told Daily Voice on Monday, April 22.  Cristian Brito-Bruno of Highspire was ejected from his dirt bike after striking a car at the intersection on Essex Street between Main and Monroe streets, the Dauphin County Coroner’s Office explained. Brito-Bruno had been going east on Poplar Alley when he collided with the car heading north on Essex Street, according to Swatara Township police. Along with the police and later the coroner, the Swatara Fire-Rescue…

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Inmate Released Day Before She Died, Lancaster Officials Say Inmate Released Day Before She Died, Lancaster Officials Say
Inmate Released Day Before She Died, Lancaster Officials Say A Lancaster County Prison inmate who was rushed to the hospital and released for end-of-life care has died; officials announced her passing on Monday, April 22, 2024.  Deborah F. McClucas, 60 of Willow Street, was found unresponsive in her prison cell at approximately 8:24 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, according to a release by Lancaster County Officials.  After the prison staff called 911, city firefighters and EMS took her to Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine.  "The inmate’s family was notified of admittance to the hospital," officials told Daily Voice. S…

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PA Teen Sentenced Up To Life In Prison For Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old PA Teen Sentenced Up To Life In Prison For Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old
PA Teen Sentenced Up To Life In Prison For Killing 23-Year-Old Man When He Was 14 Years Old Elijahuwon A. Brown, now 17, has been sentenced after pleading guilty last October to shooting and killing 23-year-old Rolando Rivera when he was only 14 years old, according to court documents and the Lancaster District Attorney's office on Monday, April 22, 2024.  Brown confessed to shooting Rolando "Peanut" Nazir Rivera, 23, of the 200 block of Ruby Street in Lancaster, in the 500 block of Third Street around 9:45 p.m. on August 27, 2021.  On Friday, April 19 he was sentenced to 32 ½ years to life in prison by  Judge Merrill Spahn. Brown was seen on video surveillanc…

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24-Year-Old Pennsylvania Professional Baseball Player Killed In Crash: Officials 24-Year-Old Pennsylvania Professional Baseball Player Killed In Crash: Officials
24-Year-Old Pennsylvania Professional Baseball Player Killed In Crash: Officials A professional minor league baseball player died in a motorcycle crash last week numerous organizations confirmed on Monday, April 22. Ronny Garcia, a 24-year-old pitcher had recently signed to play for the Class AA team York Revolution before a motorcycle crash in Samana, Dominic Republic on Saturday, Hector Gomez Major League Baseball Insider reported, on Saturday, April 20. He noted that his father was also killed in the crash. Garcia was an international prospect who signed with the Houston Astros' farm system as a pitcher in 2016, playing on the minor league team from 2017 to 2023. …

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Central PA Man Crushed To Death By Skid Loader On Family Farm: Coroner Central PA Man Crushed To Death By Skid Loader On Family Farm: Coroner
Central PA Man Crushed To Death By Skid Loader On Family Farm: Coroner An accident on a family farm killed a 92-year-old man, the York County Coroner's office announced late on Sunday. David Evans had been using "the skid loader on the family farm when a family member found that the skid loader had flipped backwards at an unknown time, entrapping [him]," the coroner stated in the release. Evans was found still seatbelted in the skidloader when EMS arrived to the farm in the 5200 block of East Prospect Road in lower Windsor Township on Saturday, April 20, according to the coroner. After resuscitation efforts failed, Deputy Coroner Scott Pennewill and…

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Man Dies 12 Days After Serious Central PA Crash, Police Say Man Dies 12 Days After Serious Central PA Crash, Police Say
Man Dies 12 Days After Serious Central PA Crash, Police Say A man has died in the hospital from injuries sustained in a serious car crash the Northern Lancaster County Regional Police Department announced on Monday, April 22. Malcolm Parker, 74 of Lancaster City, was taken to an area hospital follow a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Main Street and New Street in East Petersburg Borough, Stevens that happened around 3:53 p.m. on April 7, the department detailed in the release.  Parker passed away on Friday, April 19, according to the police.  Regarding the crash the police released the following statement: "Evidence from the prel…

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Russian Man Accused Of Raping 5 Girls In Lititz: Affidavit Russian Man Accused Of Raping 5 Girls In Lititz: Affidavit
Russian Man Accused Of Raping 5 Girls In Lititz: Affidavit A Russian man caring for five young girls in Lititz is accused of raping them numerous times beginning in 2006 and ending in 2021, according to court documents obtained by Daily Voice.  In 2006, while the girls' father was unable to care for them, 52-year-old Vladimir Stanislavo Sayevskiy began raising them in his home in the first block of South Heck Road, Warwick Township, Lititz, Northern York County Regional Police Detective Matthew Hinkle explained in the criminal complaint. Before each of the girls turned 13 years old they were sexually assaulted in the bathrooms, bedro…

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Obituaries
Dover HS Senior Takes His Life Less Than 2 Weeks Before 18th Birthday Dover HS Senior Takes His Life Less Than 2 Weeks Before 18th Birthday
Dover HS Senior Takes His Life Less Than 2 Weeks Before 18th Birthday A beloved 17-year-old high school senior took his life just 12 days before his birthday, and now his community is rallying to support his family.  Jamari Robb of Dover passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024, he would have turned 18 on April 28, according to social media.  One of his community members posted the following in part:  "All of our hearts are broken. We lost a great person, friend, brother, and son this week [...] Jamari Robb will live on forever here at Dover and where we travel he will remain in our hearts." Jamari was a member of the school's track team, ac…

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